Dinner with Mesa Refuge Authors

Dinner with the Mesa Refuge residents is a wonderful experience, filled with lively conversations about current work and other topics of shared interest.  Join Mesa Refuge alums Kate Levinson and Mark Dowie with current resident Paul Tough as they expand their kitchen table conversation to Saltwater Oyster Depot. Proceeds benefit the Mesa Refuge which provides time and space for writers working on the most challenging issues of today. Tickets available at Saltwater's website

About Paul Tough: Paul Tough is an author and contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine. His latest book is How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Slate, GQ, Esquire, and Geist, and he was reporter and producer for public-radio's "This American Life."

About Kate Levinson: Kate Levinson is a psychotherapist and co-owner of Point Reyes Books. She leads workshops based on her book, Emotional Currency, where people explore their relationship to money from emotional, psychological, spiritual, and political perspectives. Kate serves on the Mesa Refuge Advisory Committee.

About Mark Dowie: Mark Dowie is a founding member of the Mesa Refuge board. He is an investigative historian and former editor of Mother Jones magazine. His recent works include Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict Between Global Conservation and Native Peoples and American Foundations: An Investigative History.;

About The Mesa Refuge:  The Mesa Refuge is located near the Pacific Ocean in Point Reyes Station, California, an hour north of San Francisco. It sits beside the San Andreas Fault, literally on the edges between land and water, metropolis and wildness, busyness and quiet. Residents are mostly focused on “ideas at the edge” of nature, human economy, and social equity. Here writers enjoy time and space to connect with their muses and a supportive community, before going back into the world. The Mesa Refuge welcomes both experienced and emerging writers and creatives who are addressing the pressing issues of today, especially those focusing on nature, the human economy, and social equity.